Category: Health

The Environmental Protection Department is warning of increasingly harmful pollution levels later today, after “very high” Air Quality Health Indexes (AQHI) were recorded in busy areas of Hong Ko...Read More

Your morning just got better: Drinking coffee can dramatically reduce your risk of heart disease, according to a report recently presented at the European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention &am...Read More

WASHINGTON — Health insurance companies around the country are seeking rate increases of 20 percent to 40 percent or more, saying their new customers under the Affordable Care Act turned out ...Read More

A Minnesota man who survived being badly burned in a lawnmower explosion was discharged Friday after 264 days in the hospital, but not before his caregivers gathered to say farewell to one of their fa...Read More

Weight screenings in high school were not enough to get overweight and obese kids on track toward a healthier weight, a recent U.S. study found. With obesity rates soaring among Arkansas teenagers, th...Read More

A beloved doctor at one of China’s top hospitals has died of sudden cardiac arrest after working a 24-hour shift, prompting medical staff to question workers’ hours and staffing at the faci...Read More

Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) bacteria is pictured in this medical illustration provided by the Centre of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (Reuters) LONDON – Alarmed by risin...Read More

The death toll from a heatwave in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province has passed 800, hospital officials say, as mortuaries reached capacity. At least 780 people have died in Karachi, BBC Urdu re...Read More

Silicon chips that mimic the function of living human organs have won the Design of the Year award from the Design Museum in London. It is the first time an entry from the field of medicine has won th...Read More

A company in Malaysia has created full-length trousers for women to wear when they are in labour. The trousers are aimed at Muslim women who are concerned about exposing parts of the body which are me...Read More